An Israeli woman kidnapped by Hamas Palestinian militants recounted her ordeal at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, telling the 15-member body she did not think she would make it out alive,

The Sudanese Foreign Minister, on a visit to Moscow on Wednesday, said he "is grateful" to Russia for its support in the United Nations Security Council.

A man speaks on his phone, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The United Nations Security Council met Monday to discuss Ukraine's future and security amid a new push for an end to the fighting.

China supports all efforts conducive to peace talks in Ukraine, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, and stressed that Gaza and the West Bank are "not a bargaining chip in political trade-offs.

US support for Moscow resolution, rejection of EU’s, illustrates deepening division between Washington and allies.

The UN Security Council has adopted the US-drafted resolution on the conflict in Ukraine in its original form, rejecting amendments by both European countries and Russia, a TASS correspondent reported.

Russia views the resolution on the conflict in Ukraine adopted by the UN Security Council as a starting point for further efforts to peacefully settle the crisis, the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said.

The dramatic duelling on the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine spotlighted the rapidly widening rift between the Trump administration and America’s transatlantic allies. India held the line on its neutrality — its abstentions reflected its policy of strategic multi-alignment.